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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, on how many visits were you advised to quit smoking by a doctor or other health provider?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1 visit 2 visits 3 visits 4 visits None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,991 638 23.5 21.4-25.7 490 15.9 14.2-17.7 259 7.6 6.5- 8.9 775 22.5 20.6-24.5 829 30.5 28.1-33.1
-Orange County 43 10 31.9 16.8-52.2 8 17.6 8.5-32.9 3 4.8 1.5-14.8 6 15.8 6.4-34.1 16 29.9 17.4-46.4
GENDER
Male 19 6 42.8 20.0-69.1 3 14.2 4.3-37.7 1 3.2 0.4-20.3 3 17.1 4.7-46.3 6 22.7 9.1-46.2
Female 24 4 17.2 5.7-41.6 5 22.1 9.0-44.8 2 7.0 1.6-25.9 3 14.1 4.2-37.9 10 39.6 21.1-61.7
RACE
White 37 8 24.8 12.2-43.9 7 17.9 8.4-34.4 2 3.8 0.9-15.1 5 16.7 6.1-38.1 15 36.8 21.9-54.8
Other 6 2 58.3 17.9-89.9 1 16.2 2.0-64.8 1 8.7 1.0-47.1 1 12.7 1.5-57.8 1 4.2 0.5-28.7
AGE
18-44 19 5 40.6 18.0-68.0 5 21.0 8.1-44.4 2 5.2 1.2-20.8 3 17.7 4.9-47.1 4 15.5 5.2-38.0
45+ 23 4 15.0 5.1-36.5 3 14.0 4.2-37.7 1 4.6 0.6-26.5 3 14.2 4.2-38.3 12 52.2 30.7-72.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 15 5 50.8 21.7-79.4 2 10.0 2.2-35.0 2 8.2 1.8-30.9 1 4.6 0.6-28.0 5 26.3 8.9-56.6
Some College + 27 4 18.4 6.6-41.8 6 22.5 9.9-43.5 1 3.2 0.4-19.6 5 22.7 8.7-47.4 11 33.2 17.6-53.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 21 5 32.9 11.5-64.9 5 17.9 6.6-40.1 1 2.0 0.3-13.7 5 27.5 10.0-56.4 5 19.7 7.1-44.1
$50,000+ 16 3 28.7 10.1-59.0 1 7.4 1.0-38.0 2 10.3 2.5-33.9 1 6.0 0.8-32.8 9 47.7 24.1-72.3

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*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days AND who saw a doctor, nurse, or other health professional in the past 12 months.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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